Celebrity rozzer Brian Paddick has been selected as the Liberal Democrat's candidate for the London mayoralty, but Sam Coates of the Times reports there could be trouble ahead as his no-holds-barred autobiography is due to be released about a month before polling day. Ken's going to have no shortage of… read more…

BONG! A bird flu outbreak has been identified on the Norfolk-Suffolk border and, as we speak, half the hacks in London are decamping to the shires in order to hunt out errant poultry, interview the local populace about who in DEFRA should resign (correct answer: all of them), and speculate on… read more…

Bad news for Brown comes with the latest YouGov poll for the Telegraph. The Tories are on 41, Labour 38, and the LibDems on 11 - exactly the same figures as their last poll. The Gord's personal rating is down to negative figures, the Boy Davy is back in… read more…

Alistair Darling is all set to groom his eyebrows into their most reassuring as news comes in from The Times that the economy's buggered. The EU Treaty will be signed today in Lisbon. Brown, in a cunning attempt to divert attention away from the EU Treaty (see: referendum, lack… read more…